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WILMER POTTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – February 2, 1968
Service recordWilmer Potts, of Oakland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 82
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · February 2, 1968
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HUBERT PRICE JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- JOE HAROLD PRINGLESergeant Major · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 73
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- GARY JOSEPH LANDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 77
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 78
- CHARLES WASSEL PERMALOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 79
- HILBERTO ORTEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 80
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 85
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 1
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.